Rick Wakeman tells a hilarious story about working with John Anderson and Trevor Rabin 10/22/19

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  • Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
  • Rick Wakeman tells a hilarious story about working with John Anderson and Trevor Rabin on Anderson Wakeman Rabin Tour at the Ace Hotel October 22, 2019

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  • @fernandogarajalde4066
    @fernandogarajalde4066 3 года назад +30

    “Owner of a Horse and Cart”… it takes a real genius to make puns like that. 😆

    • @williamsporing1500
      @williamsporing1500 Год назад +4

      I always sing “owner of a grocery cart”

    • @wms6101
      @wms6101 3 месяца назад +1

      Owner of a horse and cart!
      (Much better than) Owner of a grocery cart!

  • @starshiptrouter
    @starshiptrouter 3 года назад +45

    His mind is as quick and graceful as his digits; Rick is a blessedly talented man.

  • @danielbeckman3973
    @danielbeckman3973 3 года назад +25

    He could have made a living as a stand-up comedian. Bloody hilarius!

  • @donaldanderson6604
    @donaldanderson6604 4 года назад +38

    His timing is impeccable. I've seen so many of his solo shows, usually in tiny venues or small churches and he is always hilarious. His piano playing isn't bad either.

  • @kiwibass
    @kiwibass 4 года назад +49

    Whenever I'm in a bad state of mind, all I have to do is watch a few minutes of Rick's hilarious story-telling... and everything's fine again.
    Gotta love this guy!

    • @danashby9597
      @danashby9597 3 года назад +1

      Solo true! Such an inspiration to listen to! Makes me laugh every time!

    • @edburns00
      @edburns00 3 года назад +1

      This exact Rick Wakeman use case.

  • @grenda5
    @grenda5 4 года назад +21

    no one comes close to these stories from the old rockers, Rick can easily have been a standup comedian , awesome to see this!!

    • @joemedley195
      @joemedley195 4 года назад +3

      I heard him say in another interview that he has done standup in the U.K.

    • @therealpbristow
      @therealpbristow Год назад

      @@joemedley195 Yep, he was a regular host at Jongleurs, doing a few minutes of hs own material in between each of the evening's guest comedians.

  • @BenEmberley
    @BenEmberley 3 года назад +10

    "It's not a painkiller but it'll give you something to hold on to".....had me in stitches laughing!!!! The guy is a Legend ^_^

  • @zonzos1
    @zonzos1 3 года назад +7

    One of the most talented musicians, the coolest rocker of all times, Sir Rick Wakeman!

  • @BigBass-xf5yi
    @BigBass-xf5yi 8 месяцев назад +2

    I could listen to Rick for weeks.
    And I can listen to his entire library for months.

  • @diannkelley3481
    @diannkelley3481 3 года назад +4

    He is hysterical and so talented. Would love to see him.

  • @glennglazier4046
    @glennglazier4046 4 года назад +42

    Rick Wakeman is as hilariously funny as he is brilliant on the keyboards!

    • @TheRKae
      @TheRKae 4 года назад +6

      Al Stewart has said that Wakeman (who played in Stewart's band) would suddenly stop in the middle of recording a track in order to tell a joke that had just occurred to him.

    • @grenda5
      @grenda5 4 года назад +2

      @@TheRKae lol! that is classic Wakeman!

  • @ericmilliet2022
    @ericmilliet2022 4 года назад +16

    He could always re-invent himself as a standup comic !

  • @Wardell43
    @Wardell43 4 года назад +56

    I'll bet Rick has some great stories about Jon Anderson too.

    • @markgarin6355
      @markgarin6355 4 года назад +5

      Yeah, thought Jon's name was spelled wrong in the post title.

    • @donaldanderson6604
      @donaldanderson6604 4 года назад +9

      He tells a great one about how Anderson is the only person he knows who is passionate about the Earth's environment even though he is not from here.

    • @krollpeter
      @krollpeter 3 года назад +2

      @@donaldanderson6604 Mr. Anderson is probably the most passionate person about the entire planet while not being from here.

    • @ATalkingBadger
      @ATalkingBadger 3 года назад +2

      @@krollpeter ...that's what he just said...

    • @TheReaperMan275
      @TheReaperMan275 2 года назад +4

      @@donaldanderson6604 He said, 'Jon Anderson is the only guy I know trying to save this planet while living on another one.'

  • @itkojecockot
    @itkojecockot 4 года назад +19

    he had the funniest acceptance speech at RnR Hall of Fame :D:D:D:D:D

  • @darganx
    @darganx 4 года назад +32

    Rick would have been a great stand up comedian if it weren't for music!

  • @PhilUKNet
    @PhilUKNet 4 года назад +6

    Wish I could have heard the songs he was about to play. Whenever Rick opens his mouth you know it's going to be something funny.

  • @Isleofskye
    @Isleofskye 4 года назад +21

    Great Story about Jon Anderson. Who would have thought, eh ?
    You just never know...Jon Anderson...

  • @bigtone1348
    @bigtone1348 4 года назад +6

    Frank Fallows told me a story of how they covered Rick's keyboards in clingfilm before a gig.
    Frank was the tour manager for Yes and Pink Floyd.
    He now runs a travel agents.

  • @nicksmart5469
    @nicksmart5469 4 года назад +2

    A brilliant raconteur and a prog rock hero doesn’t get better than this folks !

    • @bigtone1348
      @bigtone1348 4 года назад

      Paul McCartney's birth name is James, but they don't call him Jim!

  • @boboala1
    @boboala1 4 года назад +2

    LOL! I wish I could see more of this show!

  • @kevinwaters5872
    @kevinwaters5872 11 месяцев назад

    Comedians who can dead pan as well as Rick can are the best. A genuine raconteur .

  • @morganfisherart
    @morganfisherart 3 года назад +1

    0:13 "Owner of a horse and cart" heh-heh ;-)

  • @christopherheinig5590
    @christopherheinig5590 4 года назад +2

    Hilarious !!! Thank you !!!

  • @edburns00
    @edburns00 3 года назад

    Thank God for Rick and RUclips.

  • @maxcohen13
    @maxcohen13 4 года назад +9

    *Jon, not _John._

  • @keithadams529
    @keithadams529 Год назад +2

    A very funny human being who just so happens to be pretty decent on the keyboards too

  • @PaulScherdell
    @PaulScherdell 4 года назад +2

    Man's a gift.

  • @ScottMartinD
    @ScottMartinD 4 года назад +2

    He's a good stand-up.

  • @beekay5914
    @beekay5914 4 года назад +3

    check out the video of his speech at the Hall of Fame ceremony, and check out Chris Squire's video abut the time he met Jimi Hendrix. Hysterical.

  • @MichaelBoltonsEntireCatalog
    @MichaelBoltonsEntireCatalog 7 месяцев назад

    "I gotta gap for fifteen years, Ricky! Den-neh-neh, den-neh-neh...angry, angsty."
    - Steve Howe🤓

  • @MoonshineBootleg
    @MoonshineBootleg 3 года назад +1

    I've co-opted the Viagra story when telling people my experience of getting the Pfzier vaccine. Never fails to get a big laugh.

  • @gwensciora8516
    @gwensciora8516 3 года назад +2

    Jon Anderson!!! Sheesh

  • @nicholaswood741
    @nicholaswood741 3 года назад

    Met Rick once. He's a very very funny person..

  • @baldvale5418
    @baldvale5418 4 года назад +2

    I bet John Andersons ears were burning all the way through that!

  • @marilyntape508
    @marilyntape508 4 года назад

    I love Rick so much 😊💜🇦🇺

  • @vanessajazp6341
    @vanessajazp6341 4 года назад +10

    JON Anderson. JON
    Not John.

    • @ProgRockNerd
      @ProgRockNerd 4 года назад

      I didn't know this until I got on the Internet, but the name on his birth certificate is in fact "John". I think he simply prefers "Jon"--it makes his name a little less conventional.

  • @krisscanlon4051
    @krisscanlon4051 2 года назад

    I said I like pills lol rick is like an old music hall comedian

  • @stevemurrell6167
    @stevemurrell6167 4 года назад +1

    A very funny man......check out his R&R Hall of Fame acceptance speech.....hilarious!

  • @paradigmsend8007
    @paradigmsend8007 4 года назад

    Whoda thunk it. Rick doing a fine stand-up comedy monologue...

  • @Kkidzz
    @Kkidzz 4 года назад +1

    Wakeman’s gone full on Marsupial

  • @carlsaganlives6086
    @carlsaganlives6086 4 года назад +1

    From everyone's comments this was great, funny. Must be some young whippersnappers, I couldn't decipher it!

  • @thomasbstein1447
    @thomasbstein1447 4 года назад +3

    With Jon Anderson of YES

  • @MrSpankee02
    @MrSpankee02 4 года назад

    Outstanding

  • @beaudure01
    @beaudure01 Год назад

    Has someone ever told him about podcasting? He needs one. Or we need him to have one.

  • @robertjantzen6545
    @robertjantzen6545 Год назад +1

    It's Jon....

  • @neilnewbury3831
    @neilnewbury3831 17 дней назад

    Very good …

  • @MrDCrosswell
    @MrDCrosswell 4 года назад +5

    `Jon' Anderson

    • @wandiquejr4208
      @wandiquejr4208 4 года назад +1

      Indeed. John Anderson is another musician ...

  • @jeffdawson2786
    @jeffdawson2786 4 года назад +2

    FYI: Jon’s birth name is John.

    • @Ashworth-Media
      @Ashworth-Media 4 года назад

      And his middle name is Roy, he also loves strange coincidences.

  • @missyounorm33
    @missyounorm33 4 года назад +3

    Americans and the British. Two countries separated by a common language..

  • @bélalugrisi
    @bélalugrisi Год назад

    What a treasure!

  • @ImYourHuckleberry_29
    @ImYourHuckleberry_29 3 года назад

    its Ray Winstone in a raincoat

  • @joeyjoey7992
    @joeyjoey7992 Год назад

    It’s spelled Jon Anderson

  • @canadianroot
    @canadianroot 4 года назад +1

    OP, it's Jon, not John.

  • @RaspySquares
    @RaspySquares 4 года назад +3

    Who is John Anderson.

    • @joeyhardin5903
      @joeyhardin5903 4 года назад

      the singer from yes

    • @MrPlooky
      @MrPlooky 4 года назад

      @@joeyhardin5903 name spelled wrong

    • @joeyhardin5903
      @joeyhardin5903 4 года назад

      @@MrPlooky john is his real name, he only uses jon as a stage name

  • @brianfrost7376
    @brianfrost7376 16 дней назад

    Who knew...Rick Wakeman, was not only the wizard of sound..but if those electronics failed ...he would grab a mic and whip into a Henny Youngman, Jackie Gleason routine!

  • @markviereck4547
    @markviereck4547 4 года назад +2

    JON. Not John.

  • @lemonstar.2
    @lemonstar.2 3 года назад

    The songs you wanted to hear mentioned right at the end of this video (in case you didn't find them)
    ruclips.net/video/GqnJNl67WDI/видео.html&ab_channel=AislesMusicVisions

  • @timsanderson5572
    @timsanderson5572 4 года назад +4

    Rick Wakeman worked with John Anderson, the country singer? ;-/

  • @Matt63491
    @Matt63491 4 года назад +1

    Jon, not John.............

  • @benjaminhawthorne1969
    @benjaminhawthorne1969 2 года назад

    It's "Jon" Anderson.

  • @2728muzikmann
    @2728muzikmann 4 года назад +2

    Jon

  • @STORMCombatSystem
    @STORMCombatSystem 3 года назад

    He looks a bit like Peter Pettigrew.

  • @songsmithy07
    @songsmithy07 3 года назад

    Jon Anderson, not "John"

  • @Phoebedumplings
    @Phoebedumplings 4 года назад +3

    The title is completely misleading, it’s not about John or Trevor, it’s just a made up story, a joke

    • @robinchun1
      @robinchun1 4 года назад

      Who is this John?

    • @DeeshBassChannel
      @DeeshBassChannel 4 года назад +2

      Peter -it’s a real story of Trevor accidentally knocking Rick’s teeth loose with his guitar.
      I guess because Rick mentions Being on tour with Jon and Rick someone labelled this video that way.🤷‍♂️

    • @Phoebedumplings
      @Phoebedumplings 4 года назад

      Can’t be bothered, it’s a joke

    • @davebartholome2924
      @davebartholome2924 4 года назад +1

      @@Phoebedumplings It's both. It's a true story that Rick is using as an opportunity for a joke.

    • @Phoebedumplings
      @Phoebedumplings 4 года назад

      I’ve listened again and the tentative bit about Trevor knocking his teeth is just an opening for a JOKE, it’s not a funny story about touring it’s a JOKE, again for the dimwits.....a joke!!!!

  • @garyshepherd9226
    @garyshepherd9226 3 года назад

    Jon you mean

  • @stevemeese9799
    @stevemeese9799 2 года назад

    I prefer the Monty Python type of humor, compared to the Benny Hill type of humor, that Rick has. The rest of the band actually preferred the Monty Python more dopey kind of humor as well. Watched a interview with Squire where he said that.

  • @pezazul_4549
    @pezazul_4549 4 года назад +4

    I miss good subtitles 😭

  • @mikereiss4216
    @mikereiss4216 4 года назад

    Jon Anderson not "John."

  • @sakuraguitars7990
    @sakuraguitars7990 4 года назад +1

    @kathy kielar, Jon Anderson, that is. What a shame!

  • @charlesheck6812
    @charlesheck6812 4 месяца назад

    JON

  • @nigelstansfield1644
    @nigelstansfield1644 4 месяца назад

    Jon.

  • @rokarolla
    @rokarolla 4 года назад

    Comedy Central

  • @n-Chantreuse
    @n-Chantreuse 4 года назад

    John Anderson the country star?

    • @malthuswasright
      @malthuswasright 4 года назад

      No - I think it's the former West Bromwich Albion and Newcastle United defender.

    • @John-rb3yv
      @John-rb3yv 7 месяцев назад

      Yes
      John=the country one

  • @matthewche
    @matthewche 4 года назад

    Who is John Anderson?

    • @soggytom
      @soggytom 4 года назад

      John Anderson is a well-known country music performer here in the US.

  • @billvilla7799
    @billvilla7799 4 года назад

    Who knew Rick was a comedian!

  • @gianniferrari9671
    @gianniferrari9671 4 года назад

    JON not JOHN

  • @gilbertocbarros4146
    @gilbertocbarros4146 4 года назад +1

    Someone here understand British accent?Please tell me what happened to John.I just understood John broke his tooth.

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 4 года назад +2

      Hi Gilberto. Which language do YOU speak, please ?

    • @d5uncr
      @d5uncr 4 года назад +1

      Jon apparently owned a horse and a cart.
      Whether he or his horse broke a tooth is very much unclear at this moment.

  • @stub2022
    @stub2022 4 года назад +4

    Always a cheap shot at Ringo. Doesn't that get old? I guess not.

    • @brodjefferson3513
      @brodjefferson3513 4 года назад +1

      When he’s a dead average bordering on poor drummer venerated by brainless Beatles fan, no it doesn’t

    • @stub2022
      @stub2022 4 года назад +1

      @@brodjefferson3513 Well there's no question that Ringo lays awake at night wishing he could trade places with a bitter little nobody on the internet. 😂 Bahahahahahhaahahahahha

    • @brodjefferson3513
      @brodjefferson3513 4 года назад +1

      @@stub2022 Have fun being a millionaire defender. The fact that that talentless prick is regarded as one of the best drummers of all time says a lot about the state of music education

    • @stub2022
      @stub2022 4 года назад

      @@brodjefferson3513 Search Straw man logical fallacy

    • @stub2022
      @stub2022 4 года назад +3

      @@brodjefferson3513 I'm not sure where you're getting your worldview from, but nobody has EVER said that he's one of the best drummers of all time. Like many people on the internet, you're raging against a perspective that doesn't exist.

  • @nymousano5525
    @nymousano5525 4 года назад

    I only understood the part of it... so what's it about viagra?

  • @lisamoroney3036
    @lisamoroney3036 4 года назад

    Wish I could of understood one word ....

    • @wandamundy1759
      @wandamundy1759 2 года назад

      He was COMPLETELY understandable. And by the way, it's "could HAVE," not 'could of' . . . Maybe that's why you couldn't understand proper English.

    • @lisamoroney3036
      @lisamoroney3036 2 года назад

      @@wandamundy1759 no I don’t understand that language…. Thnk you for the English lesson .

  • @bobm549
    @bobm549 4 года назад

    Loved his music but was appointed in his ' money grab' tour . The worst sound and English is not his primary language .

    • @stevefoster4732
      @stevefoster4732 4 года назад

      "English is not his primary language" Whom are you referring to here? Not Rick Wakeman I presume?

    • @bobm549
      @bobm549 4 года назад

      @@stevefoster4732 He was at a local venue and the sound system was way less than O K . I asked my wife if he was speaking Mandarin ! It was a joke , the sound system. Sat close enough and had fun . That's the ticket !